33,286 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 245 of 333.
“We're trying to reach a very fair agreement which would take into account the imbalance between the European Union and Latin America... A free market is not advisable. We want this agreement to take into account the development of the coun…”
“Russia is a good client but it is not an expanding market because bananas remain a luxury product there.”
“The United States is mainly served by multinational companies based in Central America.”
“As for China, banking regulations are complex and payments can take some time, while transportation by boat to the Middle East is limited and costly.”
“Twenty-two per cent more surveyors reported a rise in prices than reported a fall in the three months to May.”
“However, the number of completed sales fell by 5%, to just 17 per surveyor.”
“Nearly three quarters of the surveyors in the latest Rics survey thought that the decision to do away with Hips would lead to more homes coming up for sale in the future,”
“with the average surveyor guessing that the increase in supply would be about 15%.”
“The May survey also found a slight increase in the balance of surveyors reporting more potential new buyers as well - 10%, up from a positive balance of 9% in April.”
“Sales across the UK in the first four months of the year were 26% higher than in the same period last year,”
“but were still less than half the level reported in either 2005, 2006 or 2007.”
“He is accused of masterminding the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in which up to 8,000 Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) were killed in one week.”
“The flooding has caused massive damage but officials had no reports of deaths.”
“In Arkansas, search crews found the body of a young girl who was the 20th victim of Friday's flooding at a remote campsite in the Ouachita National Forest.”
“Protesting stewards in Durban told reporters they had received 190 rand (£17; $25) for their work, but they had been promised much more.”
“at least 100 times more water in the Moon's minerals than they had previously believed.”
“the water content on the Moon ranges from 64 parts per billion to five parts per million.”
“it would make a metre-thick layer covering the Moon.”
“some 4.5 billion years ago.”
“the quantity of water was only of the order of 46 parts per million.”
“The men drowned after falling into Loch Awe in Argyll.”
“They were Craig Currie, 30, William Carty, 47, Mr Carty's brother Stephen, 42, and friend Thomas Douglas, 36.”
“They were Craig Currie, 30, William Carty, 47, Mr Carty's brother Stephen, 42, and friend Thomas Douglas, 36. The men, all from Glasgow, fell into the water as their boat returned in fog across the loch from a trip to the Tight Line pub in…”
“Strathclyde Fire and Rescue failed to tell the coastguard that a rescue boat was on its way to the scene from its base in Renfrew, almost 70 miles away.”
“But Mr MacPherson said he still does not know what resources other emergency services have as the information has not been passed to him. Later, the inquiry was told that the Zodiac rescue boat which was dispatched from Renfrew had no ligh…”
“One hundred Jewish children from the Jews' Free School (JFS) in the East End were sent to Mousehole.”
“We were put on three coaches and whisked via the harbour.”
“I came here exactly 70 years ago today.”
“To celebrate the 70th anniversary, former evacuees made the train journey from London Paddington to Penzance.”
“70 years after first arriving.”
“Evacuees who were sent from London's East End to Mousehole in Cornwall have returned 70 years after first arriving.”
“Families didn't want two children, but nevertheless the family did take up the two of us and we stayed for a couple of years.”
“Arrangements were made for synagogue services to be held in the church hall of a nearby village”
“Most of these children came from poor immigrant backgrounds, as many of their grandparents were immigrants from Eastern Europe.”
“Many had never seen the sea before, so imagine coming here, where they learnt to swim, to sail, to fish”
“US light crude rose by more than $2, or 3%, a barrel, to $75.90”
“Brent was up $1.8 a barrel to $76.13”
“Three officers were shot dead in the northern border state of Chihuahua when gunmen drew up alongside their two vehicles.”
“The taxi driver killed 12 people, including his twin brother David, and injured 11 others during his rampage on 2 June.”
“The 52-year-old was later found in remote woodland after turning the gun on himself.”
“More than 500 mourners, including the twins' older brother Brian Bird, and Derrick Bird's elder son Graeme, 28, attended the funeral.”
“Derrick Bird's elder son Graeme, 28, attended the funeral.”
“Mary Bird, 87, was in hospital and 'too frail' to attend.”
“Officers found 32 of the 41 randomly selected premises made misleading claims about the food they served.”
“Passing off dry packet soup mixed with hot water as homemade soup was just one of the false claims uncovered in their trawl of 816 menu items.”
“Other false descriptions included "free range eggs" that were from battery farmed hens, "fresh tuna steak" that had come from the freezer, "slow-cooked beef pie" that had been defrosted and reheated and "Ribble Valley beef" that had come f…”
“Lancashire citizens have the right to expect that the meals they buy are genuinely described on the menus and price lists.”
“The popularity of TV food programmes and celebrity chefs may be leading to 'over-egging' of menu descriptions but all items must be truthfully described.”
“We had 50 anti-social behaviour incidents and over 50% of those were in relation to travellers and horses.”
“Two people have been injured in an explosion involving a lorry at Stancombe Quarry in Flax Bourton, near Bristol.”
“The incident happened at about 1650 BST.”
“The A370 was closed and has since reopened.”
“the men had been carrying out testing on LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) tanks when the explosion happened.”
“firefighters had found a small fire in the lorry trailer on arrival.”
“The US-based aid agency Mercy Corps is pulling out of two southern Pakistani provinces for security reasons.”
“Nearly 50 offices in Balochistan and Sindh are to be shut.”
“He said a videotape of its employee being murdered had been sent to the organisation, with the ultimatum that the remaining three would also be killed unless a ransom of 100m rupees ($1.2m; £800,000) was handed over.”
“We have protested strongly and are closing down 40 offices in Balochistan, and eight in Sindh province as a protest.”
“Two Grimsby men, aged 21 and 43, have been charged with public order offences relating to the match on 8 May.”
“Grimsby Town were relegated from League Two after their 3-0 defeat on 8 May.”
“A painting by Picasso is tipped to fetch up to £40m”
“The Monet, dating from 1906, is expected to fetch between £30m and £40m.”
“The exhibition, featuring more than 80 paintings, runs from 14 to 17 June 2010.”
“The 20-week consultation runs until 29 October.”
“Israel's cabinet approved the inquiry plan on Monday”
“Turkey said Israel could not run an impartial probe into the deaths of nine Turkish activists during a 31 May raid.”
“In a statement released following an emergency session held after the raid on 31 May, the Security Council called for a 'prompt, impartial, credible and transparent' investigation.”
“The two foreign experts will take part in the hearings and subsequent discussions, but will not vote on the conclusions of the inquiry.”
“Last month's clashes came after six ships carrying campaigners and 10,000 tonnes of aid sailed from Cyprus in an attempt to break Israel's three-year blockade of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.”
“"The government decision will make it clear to the world that Israel is acting legally, responsibly, and with complete transparency," Mr Netanyahu told the cabinet, according to Haaretz newspaper.”
“Mr Blair said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed in principle to a 'significant change' in the way the blockade was organised.”
“The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has described Israel's blockade of Gaza as a clear violation of international humanitarian law.”
“"Israel must lift the blockade," Mr Abbas said. "That is our principal and permanent demand."”
“At the meeting, EU foreign affairs chief Cathy Ashton said the bloc was ready to send monitors to support the opening of border crossings as soon as they saw signs of movement from Israel.”
“"We have no trust at all that Israel, a country that has carried out such an attack on a civilian convoy in international waters, will conduct an impartial investigation," said Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.”
“Mr Abbas, speaking in Paris, said the inquiry "does not correspond to what the Security Council asked for".”
“In contrast, Washington welcomed the announcement of the inquiry, describing it as "an important step forward".”
“The service at Llanarmon Yn Ial stopped when the subpostmaster resigned in October 2009.”
“Post Office Ltd is now inviting residents' views on plans to provide a service from the Raven Inn for two hours every Thursday.”
“She added: "He will offer the same wide range of post office products and services as villagers previously enjoyed."”
“She has invited any comments, in writing, by 23 July.”
“If approved, the post office is expected to be running by August.”
“Villagers took over the running of the pub in August 2009”
“A post office could re-open in a Denbighshire community pub, if a six-week consultation is successful.”
“Two weeks before his death Rifleman Fentiman had written on a blog he was 'still waiting' for new body armour.”
“A bullet entered his left shoulder, missing his body armour by 1cm, exiting under his right armpit, the inquest was told.”
“We are confident no practical body armour would have provided him with any more protection, thus preventing his death, which was mercifully probably instantaneous.”
“The event will mark the 65th birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi”
“Aung San Suu Kyi has been under house arrest in Burma for 14 of the past 20 years”
“He was not allowed to return to university on his release, and was left the country by travelling three days non-stop hidden in a van after he was found putting up political posters.”
“Teresa Parkin, 29, died after falling from Fleet Walk Car Park, in Carey Parade, Torquay, at about 2100 BST on Thursday.”
“The leaflet said that 95% of heroin traded in the UK came from the Pakistan and Afghanistan region and was a "crime against humanity".”
“The leaflet added that Muslims were "almost exclusively responsible for its production, transportation and sale," the court heard.”
“jury members were told that it went on to say the trade "caused far more suffering than slavery ever did" and has led to millions of premature deaths.”
“The court was told that Mr Bamber, of Greenbank Street, targeted people in Lancashire, Cumbria, Manchester and North Yorkshire in his leaflet drops between March and November 2008.”
“In June 2008 the head teacher of Sedbergh School, in Cumbria, received a large brown envelope which contained a number of letters with claims along similar lines.”
“Similar material was also sent to two barristers in Manchester and addresses in Lytham and Eccleston, Lancashire, and Harrogate, North Yorkshire, the court was told.”
“...which continued for eight hours...”
“Wandsworth Council said organisers were inviting people through Facebook to participate in the event in late July.”
“The threats continued into 1985, the date of the latest files released by the FBI.”
